e-Borders where its the RYA?

[Seven Spades]

The Home Affairs Committee has sat today and is taking evidence from "stake-holders" but NOT the RYA!

http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/home_affairs_committee/hacpn090629no67.cfm

 

[jhr]

Looks to me as if they're discussing objections from commercial operators.

I think the RYA have already made their opinion clear! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Tranona]

I expect because if you read the agenda the focus is on commercial carriers, not private individuals that the RYA represents!

 

[Angele]

[ QUOTE ]
Looks to me as if they're discussing objections from commercial operators.

[/ QUOTE ]

I agree. These are the people who will have to collect the data the Government is wanting. RYA won't be performing that role, so we will have to leave it to the officials at the Home Office to work out how the data is going to be collected from the sailing community.

Civil Servants working out the possible from the impossible - doesn't that reassure you? /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[Seven Spades]

More haste less speed.

 

[Bilgediver]

I see thay had the sense to invite Eurostar... I wondered how they were going to tell passengers who tried to book a ticket on the day to come back two days later for a seat , And turf passengers of in France who only booked the day they got on /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Boat44]

"representative sample of the companies involved"

Still, there is not a hope in hell that somewhere like the Solent could be policed/regulated on a busy summers Sunday afternoon! Our problems will be "them" trying too!!

 

[Tranona]

If you want to know the current position re the RYA and Eborders suggest you read pages 26/7 of the members magazine summer edition. Has been well covered in the yachting press as well.

You will see for example that the proposals for pleasure yachts place responsibility for providing the data on the yachtsman not a carrier. So the issue is quite different. I am sure the RYA will be watching what is going on even if it has no direct bearing on its own discussions with government.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Yotties are not the only ones with reservations

 

[Tranona]

Much more likely to influence government than a few Yotties bleating. Just have to hope that somebody sells Dave the idea of a quick cost saving by scrapping it when (if) he gets elected. Bonus that he can blame it all on GB!